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Enrollment
413
Elementary
DISTRICT 415 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SACRAMENTO CITY UNIFIED·NCES 063384005236
Earl Warren Elementary
5420 Lowell St., Sacramento, CA 95820 · (916) 395-4545 · Sacramento County
GRADES KG–06ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL413 STUDENTS
B+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 66% of California public elementary schools
- B-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- A-Three-year trend Change in reading and math proficiency over the last three test years.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded California public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
22.9:1
18 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 22.4:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
86%
356 students
DISTRICT 67% · STATE 65%
Community
6
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 67 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 49 | 12% |
| Grade 2 | 55 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 49 | 12% |
| Grade 4 | 61 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 68 | 16% |
| Grade 6 | 64 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (67) is about the same size as its 6th grade class (64).
Student demographics
53%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 74% · STATE 62% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
CAASPP 2024-25 . % met or exceeded standardEnglish Language Arts
42.1%
CA avg 49.1% . +13.1pp since 2014
Math
42.0%
CA avg 37.7% . +19.0pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 42 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 42 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all California schools, those numbers are about 49 and 38. Reading and writing scores are up about 13 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 19 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 15.0% | 27.0% | 15.4% | 42.5% |
| Math | 18.6% | 23.3% | 24.6% | 33.5% |
Share of tested students at each CAASPP level. Each student counts in one level, so a row adds to about 100%.
CAASPP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 42.1% | 42.0% |
| 2023-24 | 35.8% | 34.5% |
| 2022-23 | 34.8% | 28.9% |
| 2021-22 | 36.2% | 33.7% |
| 2018-19 | 44.5% | 43.1% |
| 2017-18 | 44.4% | 39.5% |
| 2016-17 | 41.8% | 40.0% |
| 2015-16 | 41.0% | 40.0% |
| 2014-15 | 29.0% | 23.0% |
% met or exceeded standard, all students and all tested grades.
Source: CAASPP. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
38.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
29.0%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+9.6pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 39% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 29% typical for California schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among California's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Earl Warren Elementary
Earl Warren Elementary's state test result (38.6% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Earl Warren Elementary this school | 413 | 86.2% | 38.6% |
| Hansen Elementary Anaheim | 416 | 87.5% | 47.6% |
| Merlinda Elementary West Covina | 460 | 88.5% | 42.5% |
| McKinley Elementary Tracy | 436 | 83.3% | 24.5% |
| Twila Reid Elementary Anaheim | 490 | 85.1% | 41.1% |
| Captain Jason M. Dahl Elementary San Jose | 396 | 85.6% | 20.9% |
Matched among California elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Earl Warren Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Sacramento County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 38.6% | #2,623 of 5,151 | #94 of 217 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 42.0% | #2,155 of 5,172 ▲ 481 | #82 of 217 ▲ 16 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 42.1% | #2,722 of 5,172 ▲ 428 | #96 of 217 ▲ 20 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +7.0pp | #1,141 of 5,116 | #40 of 213 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 413 | #3,523 of 5,915 | #146 of 238 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 22.9:1 | #2,940 of 5,352 | #97 of 227 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 53.5% | #2,483 of 5,354 | #206 of 227 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 86.2% | #1,548 of 5,625 | #44 of 235 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -5.3% | #3,287 of 3,837 | #118 of 145 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
413
-18 (-4%) vs 2020
-16% since 1990-91, when it was 494
Student : Teacher
22.9:1
was 26.9:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 413 | 18 | 22.9:1 | 86% (356) |
| 2023-24 | 417 | 17 | 24.5:1 | 92% (383) |
| 2022-23 | 434 | 17 | 25.5:1 | 89% (386) |
| 2020-21 | 431 | 16 | 26.9:1 | 93% (399) |
| 2017-18 | 436 | 18 | 24.2:1 | 89% (389) |
| 2015-16 | 489 | 19 | 25.7:1 | 84% (413) |
| 2010-11 | 529 | N/A | N/A | 90% (475) |
| 2000-01 | 511 | 27 | 18.9:1 | 90% (458) |
| 1990-91 | 494 | 20 | 24.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Earl Warren Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 5% (436 to 413); teachers unchanged (18 to 18).
About Earl Warren Elementary
At 5420 Lowell St. in Sacramento, California, Earl Warren Elementary operates as a medium-sized elementary school. Grades offered run from kindergarten through 6, with 413 students enrolled.
Sacramento City Unified runs 73 schools with a combined 37,657 students. Earl Warren Elementary is one of them.
By race and ethnicity, Earl Warren Elementary is 65% Hispanic. Beyond that, enrollment is 21% Asian, 5% White, 4% Black, and 3% multiracial. In Sacramento County overall, about 24% of residents are Hispanic. The chance that two students picked at random at Earl Warren Elementary belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 53%.
Teachers at Earl Warren Elementary total 18 full-time equivalents, and the ratio is 22.9:1. Across elementary schools in California, the average ratio is about 22.3:1. Federal records put free or reduced-price lunch eligibility at 86%. Compared with the 63% average for public schools in Sacramento County, the school's rate is higher.
The allk12 Grade for Earl Warren Elementary is B+. Compared with California public elementary schools, the school scored higher than 66% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
The school's average proficiency rate on state tests is 38.6%. For its free or reduced-price lunch share, the predicted value is 29.0%.
County data help place the school in context: in Sacramento County, median household income is about $92,175, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 34% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 9%. The public schools of Sacramento County number 387 and enroll about 259,342.
The school nearest to Earl Warren Elementary is SAVA - Sacramento Academic and Vocational Academy - SCUSD, at a distance of about 0.4 miles. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Earl Warren Elementary places 2nd of 8 on proficiency among the closest schools that report scores.
Under the NCES locale system, Earl Warren Elementary is City: Large.
Earl Warren Elementary had 431 students in 2020-21 and 413 in 2024-25, a 4% decrease. The ratio was 26.9:1 in 2020-21 and 22.9:1 in 2024-25.
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Sacramento County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
1,594,006
Census ACS
Median income
$92,175
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
34%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
9%
Below federal line
Schools in county
387
259,342 students
Quick facts
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Other Earl Warren Elementary schools
2 other US public schools in 1 state are named Earl Warren Elementary. Earl Warren Elementary is the 3rd largest of the 3.
- Earl Warren ElementaryLake Elsinore, CA · 821 students
- Earl Warren ElementaryGarden Grove, CA · 474 students
Nearby schools
- SAVA - Sacramento Academic and Vocational Academy - SCUSD0.4 mi · 672
- New Joseph Bonnheim (NJB) Community Charter0.5 mi · 286
- Elder Creek Elementary0.8 mi · 712
- Will C. Wood Middle0.9 mi · 680
- Suy:u Elementary1.0 mi · 392
- Hiram W. Johnson High1.1 mi · 1,682
Frequently asked questions
About Earl Warren ElementaryWhat is the total enrollment at Earl Warren Elementary?
Earl Warren Elementary enrolls approximately 413 students in grades KG-06.
What age range does Earl Warren Elementary serve?
Earl Warren Elementary serves students from grade KG through grade 06.
How many students per teacher at Earl Warren Elementary?
Approximately 22.9:1 students per teacher at Earl Warren Elementary.
How diverse is Earl Warren Elementary?
Earl Warren Elementary reports a student body of 5% White, 65% Hispanic, 4% Black, 21% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Who oversees Earl Warren Elementary?
Earl Warren Elementary is overseen by Sacramento City Unified in Sacramento County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.